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Linda Laubenstein (1947–1992), American physician who was left paraplegic after a childhood polio infection [14] Craig Hart Neilsen (1941–2006), American gaming executive who founded Ameristar Casinos, Inc. and formed the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation to fund scientific research and quality-of-life programs for people living with spinal cord ...
Zhang Haidi was born in September 1955 in Jinan, Shandong Province. [1] She became a paraplegic at age five. Due to pathological conditions in her blood vessels near the dura mater of her spine, she underwent six major operations to have six of her spinal plates removed between 1960 and 1976.
Anne-Marie Alonzo (1951–2005) – Canadian writer and publisher; in 1966 she was the victim of a car accident which left her quadriplegic and using a wheelchair. [1]Max Brito (1971–2022) – Ivoirian international rugby union player; paralyzed in a match against Tonga in the 1995 Rugby World Cup.
National Autistic Society; National Disabled Women's Educational Equity Project; National Down Syndrome Congress (1973) – a national (American) not-for-profit organization that provides individuals, families, and health care providers information and support about Down syndrome. National Federation of the Blind; National Spinal Cord Injury ...
Disabled Sports USA was established in 1967 by disabled military veterans, including Jim Winthers, [6] to help rehabilitate the injured soldiers returning from Vietnam [7] and originally named the National Amputee Skiers Association. [8] In 1970, Hal O'Leary founded the National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD) at Winter Park in Colorado ...
Wandercraft, the French-based company that developed the "Atalante X" exo-suit Piette wears, says its design is "the first and only self-stabilizing exoskeleton in the market for personal everyday ...
While 78 athletes will be making their Paralympic debuts, the members of Team USA also include 141 returning Paralympians. Fifty-two of those returning athletes previously won Paralympic medals.
Ross Edward Sutton (7 January 1938 – 22 July 2000) was the first Australian Paralympic gold medallist. [1] He represented Australia in archery at the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome, Italy [1] and dartchery and fencing at the 1962 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Perth, Western Australia. [2]